# Triatoma

Triatoma is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of Triatoma (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Their saliva may also trigger allergic reactions in sensitive individuals, up to and including severe anaphylactic shock.

## Species

These are species according to reliable sources. While most species are found in the New World, a few are known from the Old World. NOTE: The designation (Tc) signifies that the species is associated with Trypanosoma cruzi.
* Triatoma amicitiae Lent, 1951
* Triatoma arthurneivai Lent & Martins, 1940
* Triatoma bahiensis Sherlock & Serafim, 1967
* Triatoma baratai Carcavallo & Jurberg, 2000
* Triatoma barberi Usinger, 1939
* Triatoma bolivari Carcavallo, Martínez & Pelaez, 1984
* Triatoma boliviana Avendaño, 2007
* Triatoma bouvieri Larrousse, 1924
* Triatoma brailovskyi Martínez, Carcavallo & Pelaez, 1984
* Triatoma brasiliensis Neiva, 1911
* Triatoma breyeri Del Ponte, 1929, possible synonym of Mepraia breyeri
* Triatoma carcavalloi Jurberg, Rocha & Lent, 1998
* Triatoma carrioni Larrousse, 1926
* Triatoma cavernicola Else & Cheong, 1977
* Triatoma circummaculata (Stål, 1859)
* Triatoma costalimai Verano & Galvão, 1959
* Triatoma deaneorum Galvão, Souza & Lima, 1967
* Triatoma delpontei Romaña & Abalos, 1947
* Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811) (Tc) [important vector in parts of Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Ecuador].
* Triatoma dispar Lent, 1950
* Triatoma garciabesi Carcavallo, 1967
* Triatoma gerstaeckeri (Stål, 1859)
* Triatoma gomeznunezi Martínez, Carcavallo & Jurberg, 1994
* Triatoma guasayana Wygodzinsky & Abalos, 1949
* Triatoma guazu Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979
* Triatoma hegneri Mazzotti, 1940
* Triatoma huehuetenanguensis Lima-Cordón, 2019 (Tc)
* Triatoma incrassata Usinger, 1939
* Triatoma indictiva Neiva, 1912
* Triatoma infestans (Klug, 1834)
* Triatoma jatai Gonçalves, 2013
* Triatoma juazeirensis Costa & Felix, 2007
* Triatoma jurbergi Carcavallo, Galvão & Lent, 1998
* Triatoma klugi Carcavallo, Jurberg, Lent & Galvão, 2001
* Triatoma lecticularia (Stål, 1859)
* Triatoma lenti Sherlock & Serafim, 1967
* Triatoma leopoldi (Schouteden, 1933)
* Triatoma limai Del Ponte, 1929
* Triatoma maculata (Erichson, 1848)
* Triatoma matogrossensis Leite & Barbosa, 1953
* Triatoma melanocephala Neiva & Pinto, 1923
* Triatoma mexicana (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848)
* Triatoma migrans Breddin, 1903
* Triatoma mopan Dorn, 2018 (Tc)
* Triatoma neotomae Neiva, 1911
* Triatoma nigromaculata (Stål, 1872)
* Triatoma nitida Usinger, 1939
* Triatoma oliveirai (Neiva, Pinto & Lent, 1939)
* Triatoma patagonica Del Ponte, 1929
* Triatoma peninsularis Usinger, 1940
* Triatoma petrochiae Pinto & Barreto, 1925
* Triatoma pintodiasi Jurberg, Cunha & Rocha, 2013
* Triatoma platensis Neiva, 1913
* Triatoma protracta (Uhler, 1894) (western conenose)
* Triatoma pseudomaculata Correa & Espínola, 1964
* Triatoma pugasi Lent, 1953
* Triatoma recurva (Stål, 1868)
* Triatoma rubida (Uhler, 1894)
* Triatoma rubrofasciata (De Geer, 1773)
* Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843)
* Triatoma ryckmani Zeledón & Ponce, 1972
* Triatoma sanguisuga (Leconte, 1856) (eastern blood-sucking conenose)
* Triatoma sherlocki Papa, Jurberg, Carcavallo, Cerqueira & Barata, 2002
* Triatoma sinaloensis Ryckman, 1962
* Triatoma sinica Hsiao, 1965
* Triatoma sordida (Stal, 1859)
* Triatoma tibiamaculata (Pinto, 1926)
* Triatoma vandae Carcavallo, Jurberg, Rocha, Galvão, Noireau & Lent, 2002
* Triatoma venosa (Stal, 1872)
* Triatoma vitticeps (Stål, 1859)
* Triatoma williami Galvão, Souza & Lima, 1965
* Triatoma wygodzinskyi Lent, 1951
Fossil taxa:
* †Triatoma dominicana Poinar, 2005